WLNE Stays on Dish

Satellite operator Dish and TV station owner Citadel have extended their carriage agreement yet again while they continue to try to negotiate a new one.

The current agreement for Dish's carriage of Citadel's Providence ABC affiliate, WLNE, was set to expire at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.

Dish’s deal initially expired Aug. 18 and as the date approached it was already handing out antennas to subs so they could get the station off the air--blackouts only effect MVPD subs. But that deadline was extended to Aug. 23 and the extensions have continued.

Dish did not say how long the latest extension would last.

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.